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Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén

1758 - 1852

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Francisco Javier Castaños Aragorri, 1st Duke of Bailén (24 September 1758 – 22 April 1852) was a Spanish Army officer, politician and nobleman who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He presided over the Regency Council of Spain and the Indies (de facto head of state), in 1810. From July to September 1834, Castaños served as the first president of the Senate of Spain, at that time called the House of Peers. Castaños is remembered for his victory over the French under Dupont, whom he surrounded and compelled to surrender at the decisive Battle of Bailen in 1808, where the Napoleonic army was defeated in the open field for the first time and which led to King Joseph having to abandon Madrid at the end of that same month. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén is the 11,819th most popular politician (down from 11,153rd in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,054th in 2019) and the 329th most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén ranks 11,819 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean Béliveau, Guillermo Endara, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Lady Adela, Zoran Janković, and Atef Ebeid. After him are John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Al-Mustamsik, Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria, Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Sehetepkare Intef, and Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys.

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Among people born in 1758, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén ranks 27. Before him are 8th Dalai Lama, Ryōkan, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Agustín de Betancourt, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After him are Jean Joseph Mounier, Valentin Vodnik, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Sin Yun-bok, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, and John Hoppner. Among people deceased in 1852, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén ranks 41. Before him are Wilhelm Hisinger, Táhirih, Tirimüjgan Kadın, Edward Bransfield, Achille Richard, and John Lloyd Stephens. After him are Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Bernardino Drovetti, Georg von Langsdorff, Margaret Taylor, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, and Carlos María de Alvear.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén ranks 1,092 out of 3,355. Before him are Vicente Rojo Lluch (1894), Juan Zambudio Velasco (1921), Marc Márquez (1993), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), Antonio Saura (1930), and Justo Tejada (1933). After him are Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria (1273), Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848), Salvador Artigas (1913), Juanito (1954), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), and Jesús López Cobos (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén ranks 329. Before him are Aioulf (400), García Jiménez of Pamplona (800), Count Theodosius (310), Sandro Rosell (1964), Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (984), and Kate Brown (1960). After him are Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria (1273), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Jesús López Cobos (1940), Juan O'Donojú (1762), Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1170), and Manuela Carmena (1944).

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